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In this post, we will look at how to create simple Custom Pages in Model-Driven Power Apps. We will build on this simple page in more future posts. To create a custom page, go to the Power Apps maker at https://make.powerapps.com and select an App to add the page. We will select Sales Hub, and Edit the app: With Pages selected, select Add Page: Select Custom: We will create a new … Continue reading Creating Simple Custom Pages in Power Apps
In this post, we will look at App Side Panes in Model-Driven Apps, a useful feature that gives users a side pane on the right side of a model-driven app. Developers can utilize this pane to display information to a user, such as lists, records, and pages. Note, according to the documentation, this is still in preview and was expected to go GA last month. Keep an eye out for … Continue reading App Side Panes in Model-Driven Apps
One question that has come up a few times has been are there alternatives to the CRM REST Builder, an awesome tool that was built some time back by Jason Lattimer and appears to be no longer being maintained. Guido Preite has built a worthy alternative, the Dataverse REST Builder that runs in XrmToolbox, as a managed solution, and in Dataverse DevTools (VS Code). Let’s take a look at it. First, let’s install it … Continue reading Using the Dataverse REST Builder to Build REST Requests
If you work with Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform, you have worked with the FetchXML Builder, an XrmToolbox plugin built by Microsoft MVP Jonas Rapp. Most people are aware of its functionality from its name, a powerful tool that generates FetchXML without the user having to actually know any FetchXML. However, as powerful as this feature is, there are several other capabilities of the tool that are super useful. … Continue reading 10 Features in FetchXML Builder You Need to Be Using
In this post, we will go through how to export and import a Canvas Apps Power Apps in 2 formats, the MSAPP and ZIP. Importing is useful when trying out Power Apps in the Community gallery located at https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Community-App-Samples/bd-p/AppFeedbackGallery. MSAPP Files MSAPP files contain only the Canvas App, as opposed to the ZIP file format we will look at next which contains additional resources. First, let’s export a MSAPP file. Open … Continue reading How to Export and Import Canvas Apps MSAPP and ZIP Formats
The Power Apps Maker Solution Preview is available for some orgs. Once enabled, it provides a cleaner user experience when building apps. For example, the New menu below has changed from showing many options to a categorized experience: To enable the Power Apps Maker Solution Preview, go to https://make.powerapps.com and select Solution Preview On: Now when you go into a solution, you will see the new layout. We see 3 … Continue reading Enabling the Power Apps Maker Solution Preview
Microsoft is continually building AI functionality to improve the coding and non-coder experience with examples that include natural language query code generation. In this post, we will explore the pre-release Power Apps Ideas functionality, which transforms natural language formula to code, and the Train with Examples functionality that takes advantage of the ideas of Programming by example (PBE). We will look at how it is applied in the Canvas Apps in data … Continue reading Power Apps Ideas Transforms Natural Language to Formula
In this post, we will look at how to add an Omnichannel chat widget to a Power Apps Portal. First, go ahead and create a new Power Apps portal in the Power Apps maker: Next, give the portal a name and click Create: Once it’s done, let’s head back to the Omnichannel side. In the Omnichannel admin app, we will create a new Authentication Settings record: Copy the URL of your … Continue reading Omnichannel Chat on a Power Apps Portal
In this post, we will look at how to easily install multiple XrmToolbox tools at once. We will also look at how XrmToolbox color codes each line in the tools library. When you log into XrmToolbox, you may see the message “Updates are available for your tools”: On the right, you will see the link to Open Tool Library. Selecting this opens the tool library like below, however it displays … Continue reading How to Easily Install Updates to XrmToolbox Tools
The 2021 Release Wave 1 for Power Apps has a list of deprecated features, including various controls. In this post, we will look at the deprecation of controls, specifically the “flip” controls and what it means. Looking at the Microsoft documentation here, we see several controls will be deprecated including: Flip Switch Calendar Control (V1) Linear Slider Radial Knob Arc Knob Linear Gauge Website Preview MultiSelectPicklistControl (V1) Flip Label From … Continue reading Dealing with Deprecated Flip Controls in 2021 Release Wave 1 Power Apps